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Topic Review (Newest First)

07-19-2012 12:17 PM

BoxxerBoyDrew

Update???

06-24-2012 06:17 PM

jart

Great thread... but due for an update

The 10 gallon tank on the right (just a few posts above) looks awesome!

Here's hoping my wife will remain as supportive as yours... time will tell!

I would like your opinion, please, on the utility of the temperature control valve. I am considering incorporating one into the plumbing of my 125 gallon (plans in this thread). Is it worth it, in your opinion? I can always adjust the temperature by feel, but this valve looks like it might make things a lot more simplified. The L1170-M2 valve has a temperature range of 60 to 120 degrees.

more equipment, yay! my 2 10g tanks had been running without heaters and i know that my crs will never breed in 64F temp so i broke down and got some hydors. hopefully they aren't too much heater for these tanks. I also made some reactors since i am PISSED OFF AT CERAMIC DIFFUSERS!!! i seriously broke like 4 of them already. and that last piece of equipment is just a modified contraption to make my wc's easier.

$70 for both of those hydors shipped, not too shabby

oh and those 1/2"x1/2" barbs were like $0.34 online which i could not find anywhere else! total for both reactors was about $17

and done:

03-29-2011 06:14 AM

rickztahone

more equipment, yay! my 2 10g tanks had been running without heaters and i know that my crs will never breed in 64F temp so i broke down and got some hydors. hopefully they aren't too much heater for these tanks. I also made some reactors since i am PISSED OFF AT CERAMIC DIFFUSERS!!! i seriously broke like 4 of them already. and that last piece of equipment is just a modified contraption to make my wc's easier.

$70 for both of those hydors shipped, not too shabby

oh and those 1/2"x1/2" barbs were like $0.34 online which i could not find anywhere else! total for both reactors was about $17

02-14-2011 05:58 AM

rickztahone

Shots of the 10g's side to side:
i know the glosso on the left tank looks like crap but i had just trimmed it to the very root pretty much, lol.

Did you fashion the drift wood on the right or is it just wedged in? If fashioned, how did you do it?

Matt

I simply used a small L bracket and screwed it to my canopy.

01-10-2011 07:37 AM

Gookis

Did you fashion the drift wood on the right or is it just wedged in? If fashioned, how did you do it?

Matt

01-10-2011 03:59 AM

rickztahone

yet another update. I added the Aquasoil and the super cheap moonlights that a fellow member started a thread on here. you really can't go wrong with only spending $5 for these LED's. The substrate filled in the gap i was kind of concerned about with that background. hopefully it doesn't all flatten out to show it later down the line, lol.

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